can-can

The dancer, with her eyes shut and lips slightly parted, is in the posture we associate with the can-can—except that her legs are at an awkward, anatomically almost impossible, position to each other.

The Artistry of Toulouse-Lautrec and His Dancing Muse Jane Avril Paul Levy 2011

Arnold told me, Fifteen years ago when we first started, I'll never forget, the technology was kind of new and we had these nail tips at a show and little did we know that the designer told the models to grab their skirts and can-can on the runway.

Hilary Moss: Nailing It At Monique Lhuillier (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2011

"If this rumour is true, I am proud because Aston Villa have been one of the big English clubs for several years," Tabanou has said, simultaneously performing a drunken celebrity can-can through the streets of Birmingham with Nigel Kennedy, Prince William and Lennie Godber from Porridge.

Football transfer rumours: Glen Johnson to Juventus? Barney Ronay 2010

He was the high-living dwarf painter, capturing the black stockinged legs of can-can dancers, young lovers, old roués, prostitutes, backstage secrets and lesbian clinches in posters and dynamic paintings.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

He was the high-living dwarf painter, capturing the black stockinged legs of can-can dancers, young lovers, old roués, prostitutes, backstage secrets and lesbian clinches in posters and dynamic paintings.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

Paris Hilton, who just celebrated her 30th birthday by pretending she was one of the can-can dancers in a Baz Luhrmann film, appeared last night on the "Late Show With David Letterman" and, after prompting from Mr. Letterman, shared her life plans.

Video: Paris Hilton shares her life plans with David Letterman 2011

The shows would feature “cowgirls” who did rope tricks, “cowboys” who played the guitar and sang, “scouts” who had knife throwing acts, and saloon girls who danced the can-can lifting their skirts high for the bored dads in the audience.

Buffalo Bill! The thrill of my life to have invented you! 2010

The shows would feature “cowgirls” who did rope tricks, “cowboys” who played the guitar and sang, “scouts” who had knife throwing acts, and saloon girls who danced the can-can lifting their skirts high for the bored dads in the audience.

Lance Mannion: 2010

But the honours for all-round accomplishment go to Amy Freston, whose coquettish Valencienne is vibrantly sung, and who dashes off a breathtaking can-can routine that concludes with the splits.

The Merry Widow – review Alfred Hickling 2010

The dancer, with her eyes shut and lips slightly parted, is in the posture we associate with the can-can—except that her legs are at an awkward, anatomically almost impossible, position to each other.

The Artistry of Toulouse-Lautrec and His Dancing Muse Jane Avril Paul Levy 2011